Loving Your Parents When They Can No Longer Love You

We live in the age of aging. Because of this, there are a number of challenges presented to the family—among the most complex is the job of caring for frail parents. Weaving practical help together with personal stories, this book will help people embrace the job of caregiving as an opportunity to learn more about life and God.

Insights on Caring for Any Aging Parent
• Timely guidance for the challenges
• Encouragement for the journey
You had plans for this time in your life, but now a parent needs care. It’s a confusing, stressful, and exhausting time. But it can also be a time of remarkable spiritual growth. Loving Your Parents When They Can No Longer Love You helps you navigate your role as caregiver with God’s grace and guidance. And it alerts you to the difficult issues you may face, such as:
• Legal and financial decisions
• How much care will be needed and when
• Evaluating different living options
• Depression, dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease
• Caring for a parent who has mistreated you
• Accepting and planning for death
Most important, this book helps you embrace caregiving as a spiritual journey that will deepen your faith and strengthen your character. It not only opens your eyes to the realities of caregiving; it also teaches you how to allow God to change your life for the better.

Contributor(s)

Terry Hargrave

About the Contributor(s)

Terry HargraveTerry Hargrave, PhD, is nationally recognized for his pioneering work with aging and intergenerational families and the author of Loving Your Parents When They Can No Longer Love You. . Terry has appeared as a consultant on ABC's Good Morning, America, and he and his wife Sharon are therapists in private practice. Terry is professor of marriage and family therapy at Fuller Theological Seminary School of Psychology. He and his wife, Sharon, have two children and were the primary caregivers for Sharon's mother until her passing.